Thursday, September 10, 2009

Tsinoy kinasuhan ng 1 pang maid

Isa pang inabusong katulong ng pamilya Tanenglian ang pormal ding nagharap ng reklamong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice kahapon ng umaga.

Personal na naghain ng demanda ang biktimang si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni Lucio Tan; Aleta Tanenglian, maybahay ni Mariano at mga anak na sina Maximilian at Fayette na nagmaltrato at nanakit sa kanya.

Sa unang mga araw lang umano naging maayos ang tratos sa kanya hanggang sa lumabas na ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya Tanenglian kung saan nakaranas siya ng pagmamalupit at hindi makataong trato.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa sa kanya ng mga dating amo ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kuwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog din siya ng mag-iina.

Una nang naghain ng mga kasong kriminal laban sa nasabing pamilya ang 18-anyos na si Mary Jane Sollano, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, kaugnay sa pagmamaltrato, na naranasan sa loob umano ng limang taon mula Hunyo 9, 2004 nang siya’y 13 anyos pa lang hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, bukod sa pamilya Tanenglian, na pawing residente ng no. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts., Sto. Domingo, Quezon City kung saan siya naging stay-in housemaid.

Natuldukan lang ang paghihirap ng biktima nang isa sa kasamahang katulong na nakatakas ay nagsumbong sa mga magulang ng biktima dahil sa pagkukulong sa kanya o hindi pinalalabas, hindi pinagagamit ng telepono o cellphone, hindi pinapanood ng telebisyon o kahit makipag-ugnayan sa magulang, hindi pinapakain at naisasalba lang ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagnanakaw niya (biktima) ng pagkain ng aso.

Bukod pa ito sa paglapastangan sa katawan ng biktima na madalas ay pinagtatrabaho nang nakahubad.

Binawlan din ang biktima na ‘tumawa’, umupo sa upuan ng mga amo, sumilip sa bintana, magbasa at magsulat.

Naranasan niya din ang sakalin, tadyakan sa katawan, iuntog sa pader sa kaunting pagkakamali sa trabaho kahit walang sweldo.

Nang magpaalam ay hindi pinayagan bagkus ay pinilit na pumirma sa bagong kontrata bilang katulong.

“Pinapasok ako nina Ate Aleta at Ate Fayette sa kuwarto, pinahuhubad ako ng damit pang-itaas, shorts, bra, panty, tapos kinukuhanan nila ako ng picture,” ayon sa salaysay ng biktima.

Nang magnakaw ng pagkain ng amo, nahuli umano siya at doon binuhusan ng mainit ang kamay at pati na rin ang pagtadyak sa katawan, sabunot, kinadena ang dalawang kamay patalikod at kinadena pati leeg.

Naging dahilan ito upang mai-rescue ang biktima s tulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, Commission on Human Rights at Laloma Police Station noong Agosto 10, 2009, dakong alas 11:30 ng umaga.

Source:
Remate
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 5

Tan brother faces another abuse charge

Another former maid of the Mariano Tanenglian household has filed criminal charges against him and his immediate family for alleged maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed a complaint against Tanenglian his wife Aleta and children Marvin and Fayette for the alleged maltreatment she suffered during her three years of being employed as a maid at the Tanenglian’s residence in Quezon City.

Bacanto told of instances of abuse such as when because of extreme hunger, she and a fellow maid had to eat dog food and were beaten up when they were caught.

Tanenglian is a brother of tycoon Lucio Tan with whom he has been at odds over personal and business matters.

Bacanto narrated how she and other maids were neither given food nor their just wages for the long hours of work they put in. She added that they weren’t allowed to go out of the house or talk to anyone on the phone.
The family, she said, would lock the house whenever the Tanenglians would leave.

Lawyer Raymund Quiros, legal counsel for the Tanenglians, said his client is the subject of an orchestrated move to put his client in a bad light.

Quiros, nonetheless, said his clients would be ready to answer all the allegations against them.

Source:
Philippine Daily Inquirer
September 9, 2009
Page A3

Tacloban teener files another complaint against Tanenglian, taipan Lucio Tan’s brother

Another former housemaid has filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against businessman Mariano Tanenglian, brother of Taipan Lucio Tan, and members of his family for alleged “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.”

Aljane Bacanto, 19, of Tacloban City, Samar filed the charges Tuesday through her counsel, lawyer Al Parreno, against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette.

Bacanto’s fellow maid, Mary Jane Sollano, 18, of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur had earlier filed a similar complaint before the justice department against the Tanenglian family.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the residence of the Tanenglians in Barangay Siena in Quezon City from May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province in February.

“I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out—not even once,” she recalled in Filipino.

Just like Sollano, she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but upon dictation of Fayette who told her never to tell her parents of her situation.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she claimed, adding there were many instances when she was not able to eat in three consecutive days.

Suffering their hunger, she said, forced her and the other maids to steal food.

According to Bacanto, they were caught stealing several times and were harshly punished by their bosses.

She claimed that she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.

Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left the Tanenglian’s residence, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Sollano was rescued on August 10 by combined elements of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Quezon City police from the Tanenglian’s residence.

Source:
The Manila Times
September 9, 2009
Page A7

Another maid sues Tanenglian

Another maid is suing Mariano Tanenglian and his family for abuse and other forms of maltreatment while working in the household since 2006 until she was allowed to leave last February.

Assisted by her lawyer Al Parreno, Aljane Bacanto, 19 years old, of Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, charged Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette also for serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.

Bacanto was responsible for the rescue from the Tanenglian residence in Siena, Quezon City, of colleague, Mary Jane Sollano, who has filed a similar criminal complaint against the Tanenglian family last Aug. 27 before the Justice Department.

“I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out—not even once,” she said, in Filipino.

While she was allowed to write her family in Tacloban, Bacanto said Fayette warned her against talking about her situation at work.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food.”

Bacanto said this deprivation of food made them steal food and when caught were mauled by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

Sollano, who had been working for the Tanenglians since 2004, was rescued last Aug. 10 by the Quezon City policemen along with staff from the Commission on Human Rights and the Social Welfare Department.

Fearing she was dead, her parents learned of their daughter’s whereabouts only through Bacanto.

The father then sought the help of friends and private lawyers who raised Sollano’s complaint before the commission.

In her affidavit citing unusual punishment, Sollano said Fayette put her hands in scalding water when found eating, including instances of sexual abuse.

“They would hit me... and threaten me that they would show my nude photos to other people or bring me to a nightclub owned by ate Aleta’s friend.”
Sollano alleged that Fayette and Aleta once brought her to a room to take her pictures without her clothes on.

She said her two-year contract ended in 2006 but was made to sign another one without knowing that it covered an additional two-year period.

Source:
Manila Standard Today
September 9, 2009
Page A3

1 pang maid nagreklamo vs amo

Upang pagtibayin umano ang patung-patong na kaso laban sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, naghain na rin ng hiwalay na kaso ng pangmamaltrato ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya sa Department of Justice (DOJ).

Sa reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19-anyos, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na lumantad na rin sya at walang takot na haharapin ang dating mga amo upang makakuha ng hustisya mula sa pagmamalupit na naranasan nito, aniya, sa pagmamaltrato na kanyang natanggap sa pamilya ay nagka-trauma na ito at takot nang mamasukan muli.

Sa kanyang salaysay, sinabi nito na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong Mayo 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng dating mga amo ay ikinukulong sa kuwarto, hindi pinapakain ng maayos, hindi pinaaalis ng bahay, bawal ang day-off at sinasaktan sa konting pagkakamali.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto sa DOJ laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Matatandaan na una nang naghain ng parehas na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian na si Mary Jane Solano Dequit, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga Del Sur.

Source:
Abante
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 3

Another maid files criminal charges vs Mariano Tan

Another housemaid of Mariano Tanenglian, estranged brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday against her former employer.

Accompanied by lawyer Al Parreno, 19-year-old Aljane Bacanto sought the indictment of Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette for supposed “maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide.” Bacanto’s fellow maid who was earlier rescued by authorities, Mary Jane Sollano, already filed at the DOJ a similar complaint against the family last Aug. 27 alleging exactly the same violations.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the residence of the Tanenglian in Barangay Siena in Quezon City from May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province last February. “I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was never allowed to go out – not even once,” she recalled in Filipino.

Just like Sollano, she was not allowed to call anybody outside the house. She said she was only allowed to write letters to her family in Tacloban, but upon dictation of Fayette who told her never to tell her parents of her situation. “They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she alleged.
Bacanto revealed that she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job. She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and that there were many instances when she was not able to eat for three consecutive days. This deprivation of food prompted the maids to try to steal food. But she said they were caught stealing several times and were harshly punished by their bosses. She said she was mauled several times by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

She said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.

In response, the camp of Tanenglian downplayed the allegation as “part of a bigger picture.”

“I think it’s obvious that someone big instigated this action. If the maid (Bacanto) was able to go home to her province last February then how can she claim that she was being detained? And how come this story is only surfacing now?” Tanenglian’s lawyer Raymund Quiroz said in a phone interview.

“As we all know somebody is trying to stop our client from testifying at the Sandiganbayan,” he added, apparently referring to the case against Tan where Tanenglian is reportedly planning to testify for the prosecution. Still, Quiroz said they would answer all the charges once they receive a copy of the complaint.

Testimony
Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

It can be recalled that Sollano has earlier detailed how she suffered “physical and mental abuses” in the hands of the Tanenglian family from July 2004 up to Aug. 10 when she was rescued by authorities.

While inside the house of the Tanenglians, she said she and other house helpers were “not allowed to use the telephone or cell phone, talk to fellow house helpers, laugh, sit in their (family’s) chairs, look outside the window, watch TV, eat at any time, sleep or rest before our tasks were completed, and read any material or write.” Even on her first month, Sollano said she already had a taste of the family’s ill treatment. “I was not yet familiar with my job so Ate Aleta got mad and slapped me in the face many times. Since then, they would instantly hurt me for every small mistake I make,” she recalled in Filipino.

“In my five-year stay in their house, I was not allowed to go out. They even threatened me that they would do something bad if I ask for help from outside,” she claimed. She said she tried to escape by asking permission to go to their home province in Zamboanga del Sur but her employers would not allow her. She was told that she had to finish her two-year contract and to just endure the punishments.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta supposedly called a lawyer and told the housemaid to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service in the house.

Sollano admitted that there came a point when she could no longer bear her sufferings and pleaded her employer to let her go, but Aleta again denied her saying she still had debts to pay. “I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” she lamented. She recalled how she was given “too much punishment for small mistakes.”

She even recalled an instance where she was brought by Aleta and Fayette inside a room to take nude photos of her.

“When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel or slippers, and threaten me that they would show my nude photos to other people or bring me to a nightclub owned by Ate Aleta’s friend,” she alleged.

Source:
The Philippine Star
September 9, 2009
Page 19

1 pang maid na minaltrato lumutang

Isa pang kasambahay ng bilyonaryong Tsinoy ang naghain ng reklamo sa Department of Justice (DOJ) kaugnay ng pagmamaltrato din sa kanya.

Sa inihaing reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na nakaranas din siya ng pambubugbog sa pamilya ni Mariano Tanenglian.

Sa kanyang salaysay sinabi nito na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito. Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo ay ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kwarto at hindi pinapakain ng maayos.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto.

Matatandaan na una nang naghain ng parehas na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya Tanenglian na itinago sa pangalang Beth, 18-anyos.
Si Beth ay una nang nasagip sa tahanan ng pamilya Tanenglian sa Brgy Siena Quezon City matapos na ipagbigay-alam ni Aljane sa pamilya nito ang nararanasang pagmamalupit.

Nakipagkoordina ang pamilya ni Beth sa mga awtoridad at isang operasyon ang inilunsad kung saan ito nasagip. Kapwa desidido ang dalawang biktimang katulong na ituloy ang kaso laban sa kanilang mga amo.

Source:
Pilipino Star Ngayon
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 3

1 pang kasambahay naghain ng kaso vs negosyante

Upang pagtibayin umano ang mga kaso laban sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, naghain na rin ng hiwalay na kaso ng pangmamaltrato ang isa pang kasambahay ng pamilya sa Department of Justice (DOJ).

Sa reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19-anyos, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na lumantad na rin siya at walang takot na haharapin ang dating mga amo upang makakuha ng hustisya mula sa pagmamalupit na naranasan nito sa pamilya kung saan ay nagka-trauma na ito at takot nang mamasukan muli.

Sa kanyang salaysay, sinabi nito, na namasukan siya sa pamilya Tanenglian noong Mayo 2006, noong una ay naging maayos umano ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng buong pamilya subalit nang lumipas na ang ilang araw ay saka niya nakita at naranasan ang pagmamalupit ng mga ito.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo ay ikinukulong siya sa kuwarto, hindi pinapakain ng maayos, hindi pinaaalis ng bahay, bawal ang day-off at madalas siyang pagbuhatan ng kamay sa kaunti lamang na pagkakamali.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto sa DOJ laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Source:
Abante Tonite
September 9, 2009
Page 3

Tanenglian kinasuhan ng isa pang kasambahay

Nagtungo kahapon sa Department of Justice (DOJ) ang isa pang kasambahay ng negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ng negosyanteng si Lucio Tan, at pormal na naghain ng reklamo laban sa umano’y pagmamaltrato sa kanila ng kanilang amo.

Batay sa inihaing reklamo ni Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte, sinabi nito na nakaranas umano sila ng pagmamalupit at pambubugbog mula sa pamilya Tanenglian mula nang mamasukan noong 2006.

Noong una aniya ay naging maayos naman ang pakikitungo ng mga ito sa kanya ngunit sa paglipas ng mga araw ay nag-iba na umano ang pagtrato ng mga ito sa kanya.
Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa umano ng kanyang mga dating amo sa kanya ay ikinukulong sa kwarto, at hindi pinapakain ng maayos.

Kasong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide ang inihain ni Bacanto laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Una nang naghain ng katulad na reklamo sa DOJ ang isa pang kasambahay na si Beth, 18, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, at nagsampa ng kasong maltreatment, slavery, serious illegal detention at frustrated homicide laban sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Kabilang sa mga kinasuhan nito ay sina Mariano, asawa nitong si Aleta, at mga anak na si Maximilian at Fayette Tanenglian, na pawang mga residente ng No. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts. Brgy. Siena, Quezon City.

Source:
Police Files
September 9, 2009
Page 2

Another maid files slavery raps vs Chinoy billionaire

Another housemaid of Chinoy billionaire Mariano Tanenglian, brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, yesterday filed slavery charges, among others, against her employers before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed charges of maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta as well as children Maximillian and Fayette.

Bacanto’s fellow maid Mary Jane Sollano earlier filed similar charges also before the DOJ against the same respondents.

In her affidavit, Bacanto recounted her ordeal at the hands of the Tanenglians in Brgy. Siena, Quezon City, which she claimed started last May 2006 until she was allowed to go back to their province last February. “I was detained inside the house. For almost three years, I was not allowed to go out – not even once,” partly read her affidavit, written in Tagalog.

Bacanto echoed Sollano’s revelation that they were virtually cut “from the outside world” when they were not even allowed to call anybody outside of their employers’ house.
Yesterday’s complainant said she was only allowed to write letters to her family but upon dictation from Fayette who wanted her not to reveal her ordeal to her parents.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” Bacanto claimed.
She said the refrigerators in the house were padlocked and there were occasions that they were not fed anything for three consecutive days. The maid disclosed that they were forced to steal food from the kitchen. When they were caught once, they were beaten black and blue by their employers, most notably Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian.

The complainant said she was even forced to eat dog food just to survive.
Bacanto’s testimony supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Sollano earlier detailed how she suffered “physical and mental abuses” in the hands of the Tanenglian family from July 2004 up to Aug. 10 when she was rescued by authorities.

While inside the house of the Tanenglians, the maids were allegedly “not allowed to use the telephone or cellphone, talk to fellow house helpers, laugh, sit in their (family’s) chairs, look outside the window, watch TV, eat at any time, sleep or rest before our tasks were completed, and read any material or write.

In her first month, Sollano said she already had a taste of the family’s ill treatment. “I was not yet familiar with my job so Ate Aleta got mad and slapped me in the face many times. Since then, they would instantly hurt me for every small mistake I make,” she recalled in Filipino.

“In my five-year stay in their house, I was not allowed to go out. They even threatened me that they would do something bad if I ask for help from outside,” she claimed.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta supposedly called a lawyer and told the housemaid to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed another contract for another two years of service in the house. “I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” she lamented, adding she was given “too much punishment for small mistakes.”
She even recalled an instance where she was brought by Aleta and Fayette inside a room to take nude photos of her.

“When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel or slippers, and threaten me that they would show my nude photos to other people or bring me to a night club owned by Ate Aleta’s friend,” she alleged.

Sollano, who had been working for Tan’s household for five years and two months, was rescued by operatives from the Quezon City Police District, CHR and DSWD last Aug.10.

Fearing she was dead, her parents learned of their daughter’s whereabouts only through the help of Bacanto.

The father then sought the help of friends and private lawyers who then brought them to the Commission on Human Rights to seek assistance from authorities.

Source:
People's Tonight
September 9, 2009
Page 2

1 pang kasambahay nagreklamo sa DOJ

Nagreklamo sa Department of Justice ang isa pang kasambahay ng negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian ng umano’y pagmamaltrato.

Personal na naghain ng reklamo si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa pamilya Tanenglian (kapatid ng Taipan na si Lucio Tan); at Aleta, maybahay ni Mariano.

Sinabi ni Bacanto na sa unang mga araw lamang umano naging maayos ang trato sa kanya, hanggang sa lumabas ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya at naranasan niya ang umano’y pagmamalupit at di makataong pagtrato.

Sinabi ni Bacanto na ikinulong siya ng kanyang mga amo sa kwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog pa.

Unang nagsampa ng kasong kriminal sa pamilya Tanenglian si Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Bigong, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. Ayon kay Sollano, minaltrato siya sa loob ng limang taon, nang siya ay 13-anyos pa lamang. Naganap umano ito simula Hunyo 9, 2004 hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, na mga residente ng Biak na Bato corner Dapitan sa Santo Domingo, Quezon City.

Source:
Bandera
September 9, 2009
Page 4

Tsinoy kinasuhan ng 1 pang maid

Isa pang inabusong katulong ng pamilya Tanenglian ang pormal ding nagharap ng reklamong maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice kahapon ng umaga.

Personal na naghain ng demanda ang biktimang si Aljane Bacanto, 19, tubong Leyte at namamasukan sa negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian, kapatid ni Lucio Tan; Aleta Tanenglian, maybahay ni Mariano at mga anak na sina Maximilian at Fayette na nagmaltrato at nanakit sa kanya.

Sa unang mga araw lang umano naging maayos ang tratos sa kanya hanggang sa lumabas na ang tunay na ugali ng pamilya Tanenglian kung saan nakaranas siya ng pagmamalupit at hindi makataong trato.

Kabilang sa pagmamalupit na ginawa sa kanya ng mga dating amo ang pagkukulong sa kanya sa kuwarto, hindi pinakakain ng maayos at binubugbog din siya ng mag-iina.

Una nang naghain ng mga kasong kriminal laban sa nasabing pamilya ang 18-anyos na si Mary Jane Sollano, tubong Bigong Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, kaugnay sa pagmamaltrato, na naranasan sa loob umano ng limang taon mula Hunyo 9, 2004 nang siya’y 13 anyos pa lang hanggang Agosto 9, 2009.

Ilan pang respondents na hindi pinangalanan ang kasama sa inireklamo, bukod sa pamilya Tanenglian, na pawing residente ng no. 30 Biak na Bato corner Dapitan Sts., Sto. Domingo, Quezon City kung saan siya naging stay-in housemaid.

Natuldukan lang ang paghihirap ng biktima nang isa sa kasamahang katulong na nakatakas ay nagsumbong sa mga magulang ng biktima dahil sa pagkukulong sa kanya o hindi pinalalabas, hindi pinagagamit ng telepono o cellphone, hindi pinapanood ng telebisyon o kahit makipag-ugnayan sa magulang, hindi pinapakain at naisasalba lang ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pagnanakaw niya (biktima) ng pagkain ng aso.

Bukod pa ito sa paglapastangan sa katawan ng biktima na madalas ay pinagtatrabaho nang nakahubad.

Binawlan din ang biktima na ‘tumawa’, umupo sa upuan ng mga amo, sumilip sa bintana, magbasa at magsulat.

Naranasan niya din ang sakalin, tadyakan sa katawan, iuntog sa pader sa kaunting pagkakamali sa trabaho kahit walang sweldo.

Nang magpaalam ay hindi pinayagan bagkus ay pinilit na pumirma sa bagong kontrata bilang katulong.

“Pinapasok ako nina Ate Aleta at Ate Fayette sa kuwarto, pinahuhubad ako ng damit pang-itaas, shorts, bra, panty, tapos kinukuhanan nila ako ng picture,” ayon sa salaysay ng biktima.

Nang magnakaw ng pagkain ng amo, nahuli umano siya at doon binuhusan ng mainit ang kamay at pati na rin ang pagtadyak sa katawan, sabunot, kinadena ang dalawang kamay patalikod at kinadena pati leeg.

Naging dahilan ito upang mai-rescue ang biktima s tulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, Commission on Human Rights at Laloma Police Station noong Agosto 10, 2009, dakong alas 11:30 ng umaga.

Source:
Remate
Setyembre 9, 2009
Page 5

Another housemaid sues billionaire employer

Another housemaid of businessman Mariano Tanenglian yesterday filed charges against him and his family before the Department of Justice.

Aljane Bacanto, 19, filed maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide charges against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta and children Maximillian and Fayette, all of Bgy. Siena, Quezon City.

Bacanto said she was detained and was never allowed to go out of the house in her three years of employment.

She confirmed fellow housemaid Mary Jane Sollano’s statement that the Tanenglians virtually cut them from the outside world, prohibiting them from calling anybody.

Bacanto said she was only allowed to write letters to her family but upon dictation of Fayette who warned her not to tell her parents about her situation.

“They made me a slave without salary and enough food,” she said.

She added the refrigerators were padlocked and sometimes they were not fed for three days prompting them to steal food.

However, they were beaten black and blue when caught particularly by Aleta, Fayette and Maximillian. She said there was a time that she was forced to eat dog food just to survive.

After leaving the Tanenglian household in February, Bacato immediately alerted Sollano’s parents which led to the latter’s rescue last month.

Sollano was the first to file charges against the Tanenglians.

Source:
Fernando M. Cariaso
People’s Journal
September 9, 2009
Page 11

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Another maid files maltreatment charges vs Tanenglian family

A 19-year-old woman yesterday filed criminal charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Lucio Tan’s brother Mariano Tanenglian, his wife and two children for allegedly maltreating her while working as their house help for at least three years.

Aljane Bacanto, a resident of Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, was the one who helped authorities rescue her fellow housemaid Mary Jane Sollano on August 10.

Bacanto filed charges of maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide two weeks after Sollano filed her separate complaint against the Tanenglians.

Aside from Mariano, the housemaids named his wife Aleta, and children Fayette and Maximilian as respondents.

In her complaint-affidavit, Bacanto recounted that she started working as a maid in the Tanenglian household in May 2006 until February this year, when she was allowed to return to her province.

During her three-year stay with the Tanenglians, Bacanto claimed that she and the other housemaids were not allowed to go out, use the telephone and other facilities of the house.

She said her employers would always make sure that the doors were locked and that there were guards outside to prevent them from escaping.

Bacanto added that although she was allowed to write letters to her family, the Tanenglians would dictate what to tell her family.

She said her workday starts as early as 4 a.m and lasts until 12 midnight, and that she and other house help were not given enough food and water.

“We were not allowed to laugh, chat and rest or even use the telephone, radio and television,” Bacanto added.

The complainant added that she was only given food whenever her employers were satisfied with her job and that even the refrigerators were padlocked.

Bacanto said the Tanenglians would beat them up whenever they were caught eating the family’s food or using cellular phones or listening to the radio.

“If we fell asleep during work hours, they would hurt us. There were times that we were not able to eat for three consecutive days, prompting us to steal food. When they caught us, we were severely beaten,” she said.

Bacanto’s statement supported that of Sollano. She was the one who reported their ordeal to the family of Sollano after she left Tanenglian’s house, which led to the rescue of the latter.

Bacanto said she was allowed to return to Tacloban in February 2009 by her employers, who gave her P8,000 for her mother.

Source:
Joel San Juan
Business Mirror
September 8, 2009

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Utol ni Lucio Tan niresbakan ng kasambahay

Magsasagawa ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ng masusing imbestigasyon ukol sa umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso ng kapatid ni Chinese billionaire Lucio Tan na si Mariano Tanenglian sa kanyang kasambahay.
Habang isinasagawa ang imbestigasyon, pag-aaralan din ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold departure order (HDO) laban sa suspek, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Ayon kay Rosete, sisisilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.
“Sollano was a minor when she was recruited five years ago, “ paliwanag ni Rosete.

Nang ma-rescue, puro paltos ang mga kamay ni Sollano dahil sa mainit na tubig na ibinuhos ni Tanenglian.

Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa nitong si Aletta at mga anak nilang sina Maximillian at Fayette.

Sa kanyang tatlong pahinang affidavit, idinetalye ni Sollano kung paano siya dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso mula sa pamilya Tanenglian sa kanilang tahanan sa Bgy. Siena sa Quezon City mula Hulyo 2004 hanggang Agosto 10, 2009.

Ayon kay Sollano, pinagbawalan siya at iba pang kasambahay na gumamit ng telepono, cellphone, tumawa, maupo sa mga upuan ng pamilya, tumingin sa labas ng bintana, manood ng TV, kumain anumang oras, matulog at magpahinga hanggang hindi natatapos ang trabaho, at magbasa ng anumang babasahin o magsulat.
Sa unang buwan niya sa trabaho, sinabi ni Sollano na nakarana na siya ng pagmamaltrato mula sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Sinubukan ni Sollano na magpaalam para makauwi na sa kanyang probinsya sa Zamboanga del Sur ngunit hindi siya pinayagan ng mga amo dahil sa kailangan niyang tapusin ang dalawang taong kontrata.

Nang matapos ang kanyang kontrata noong 2006, tumawag umano si Aleta sa isang abogado at sinabihan si Sollano na pumirma ng kontrata nang hindi binabasa ang nilalaman nito. Huli na nang malaman niyang pumirma siya sa panibagong dalawang taong kontrata para magsilbi sa pamilya Tanenglian.
Nakiusap si Sollano na payagan na siyang umalis ngunit sinabi ni Aleta na may babayaran pa siyang utang.

“I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” wika ni Sollano.

Source:
Bagong Tiktik
Setyembre 2, 2009
Page 2

Sampulan ang mga abusadong bigtime na bossing!

Tama ang desisyon ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) na imbestigahan ang negosyanteng si Mariano Tanenglian na inireklamo ng kanyang atsay ng pananakit at pagmamalupit.

Karaniwan kasing kinakasuhan lamang ay ang mga ordinaryong mamamayan kapag sinaktan ang mga katulong pero ang mga multi-milyonaryo ay karaniwang nakatatakas sa pananagutan sa batas.

Nailigtas kasi ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, DSWD at QC Police ang biktimang si Mary Jane Sollano kung saan lapnos ang mga kamay nito makaraang buhusan ng mainit na tubig ng among si Tanenglian.

Isinampa ng biktima ang kasong kriminal sa kanyang amo kabilang ang maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery, at frustrated homicide sa DOJ kasama ang asawa at dalawa pang anak.

Sa isang affidavit, idinetalye ni Mary Jane ang pang-aabuso at pang-aalipin kung saan hindi siya pinagagamit ng telepono, ipinagbabawal sa kanya ang pagtawa, hiindi pinayagan na maupo sa upuan ng pamilya, bawal tumingin sa labas ng bintana, bawal manood ng TV, bawal magkukot ng pagkain anumang oras na gusto niya, bawal magbasa ng babasahin at bawal din ang magsulat.

Naganap ang pagmamaltrato mula pa noong Hulyo 2004 nang siya ay menor-de-edad pa lamang kung saan pinapirma siya ng ekstensiyon ng kontrata nang hindi niya naiintindihan kaya’t umabot siya ng mahigit limang taon sa pang-aabuso.

Ilan pa kayang Mary Jane ang patuloy na inaabuso ng malulupit na amo sa mga eksklusibong tirahan ng mga multi-milyonaryo sa ating bansa?
Ilan kaya?

Source:
Bulgar
Setyembre 2, 2009
Page 3

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Tanenglian lagot sa CHR

Magsasagawa ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ng masusing imbestigasyon ukol sa umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso na ipinataw ng Chinese billionaire na si Mariano Tanenglian sa kanyang kasambahay.

Habang isinasagawa ang imbestigasyon, pag-aaralan din ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold-departure order laban sa suspect, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Ayon kay Rosete, sinsilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.

Nang ma-rescue, puro paltos ang mga kamay ni Sollano dahil sa mainit na tubig na ibinuhos umano ni Tanenglian.

Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa nitong si Aleta at mga anak na sina Maximillian at Fayette.

Sa kanyang tatlong pahinang affidavit, idinetalye ni Sollano kung paano siya dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso mula sa pamilyang Tanenglian sa kanilang tahanan sa Bgy. Siena sa Quexon City mula July 2004 hanggang Aug. 10.

Ayon kay Sollano, pinagbawalan siya at iba pang kasambahay na gumamit ng telepono, cellphone, tumawa, maupo sa upuan ng pamilya, tumingin sa labas ng bintana, manood ng TV, kumain ng anumang oras, matulog at magpahinga hanggang hindi natatapos ang trabaho, at magbasa ng anumang babasahin o magsulat.

Sa unang buwan niya sa trabaho, sinabi ni Sollano na nakaranas na siya agad ng pagmamaltrato mula sa pamilya Tanenglian.

Isinalaysay rin ni Sollano ang isang insidente kung saan dinala siya nina Aleta at Fayette sa isang kuwarto kung saan siya kinunan ng larawan na nakahubad.

Ayon pa kay Sollano, binuhusan ni Fayette ng mainit na tubig ang kanyang mga kamay matapos mahuling kinakain ang pagkain ng amo. Sa isa pang insidente, ikinadena umano ng mga amo ang kanyang mga kamay at leeg.

Source:
Police Files
Setyembre 1, 2009
Page 2

Mariano Tan’s ex-maid details alleged abuse

When she finally saw her father after five years since she left home to work for businessman Mariano Tanenglian as a maid, Mary Jane Sollano said her skin was so fair and her eyes were irritated by the sunlight.

Sollano, 18, talked to The STAR yesterday morning, saying that for five years until she was rescued by authorities last Aug. 10, she was not allowed to go out of her employer’s house in Quezon City, doing household chores without getting paid.

“There came a point when I no longer knew what day it was… and I never even expected the day would come when I would finally be able to get out,” Sollano said in Filipino.

She said her ordeal included not having anything to eat for days, being forbidden to go near the faucet because she was not allowed to drink water, and getting chained for the slightest mistake she made.

Contacted by The STAR for comment, Tanenglian’s lawyer, Raymundo Quiroz, denied the allegations against his client.

“These are just allegations that can be alleged easily. We will answer them in due time,” Quiroz said, noting Tanenglian was ready to face the charges filed against them by Sollano.

The teenage maid has filed criminal charges against Tanenglian, his wife and two children before the Department of Justice.

Quiroz said the charges are “part of a bigger issue,” noting that Tanenglian has volunteered to testify against his estranged brother, businessman Lucio Tan, in a government case.

According to Sollano, she started work at the Tanenglian household in 2004 when she was recruited from Zamboanga del Sur. She had just finished her first year in high school but insisted on working in the city since her father, who maintains a farm, was sick at that time.

“I was supposed to work here only for two years. After that, I planned on continuing my studies in the province,” she said.

Sollano said when she could not do her job well, members of Tanenglian’s family started slapping, kicking and chaining her.

She said when fellow housemaid Aljane Bacanto managed to contact her parents and get out of the Tanenglian house, she was left behind to do all the chores all by herself, starting her day at 4 a.m. and ending at around midnight.

Sollano said when she became sick, her employer “would just have me take medicine… but I had to continue working.”

She said that during her five years with the Tanenglians, she had to make do with only three sets of shorts and shirts given to her.

Sollano said that on the afternoon of Aug. 10, she was surprised that she was given what seemed a new blouse and a pair of jeans.

“They told me to take a bath and dress up. And then I was told to say, whenever I would be asked, that they were nice to me,” she said.

She said she was eventually shown a picture of her father, and soon found out that her father was already outside, along with representatives from the Commission on Human Rights, Department of Social Welfare and Development and the police.

Bacanto, after her flight from the house, informed Sollano’s parents about their condition, Sollano said.

Sollano’s father, Rolando, recalled that day when he finally saw his teenage daughter. “I didn’t know what to feel. I was happy to have seen her alive as I thought she was already dead when we tried but failed to locate her during the first two years she was missing. I should be happy, but after seeing her condition, I didn’t know what to feel,” he said.

Rolando said he saw his daughter squinting, apparently blinded by the sunlight. He said this indicated she was indoors for a long time.

But Quiroz maintained that Sollano’s claims were “bare allegations,” adding that “it’s so easy to say these things.”

Sollano’s lawyer, Al ParreƱo, his client and her family are determined to push through with the charges against the Tanenglians.

Source:
The Philippine Star
September 1, 2009
Page 15

CHR pasok sa inabusong katulong

Iimbestigahan ng Commission on Human Rights ang umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso ng Chinese billionaire na si Mariano Tanenglian sa kanyang kasambahay.

Pag-aaralan din ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold-departure order laban sa suspect, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division. Ayon kay Rosete, sinisilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.

Ipinaliwanag ni Rosete na menor-de-edad pa lang si Sollano nang una itong kunin bilang katulong. Nang masagip, puro paltos ang mga kamay ni Sollano dahil sa mainit na tubig na ibinuhos ni Tanenglian. Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa at mga anak na sina Maximillian at Fayette.

Idinetalye ni Sollano kung paano umano siya dumanas ng pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso mula sa pamilya Tanenglian sa kanilang tahanan sa Bgy. Siena sa Quezon City mula July 2004 hanggang Aug. 10 ng taong ito.

Ayon kay Sollano, pinagbawalan siya at iba pang kasambahay na gumamit ng telepono, cellphone, tumawa, maupo sa mga upuan ng pamilya, tumingin sa labas ng bintana, manood ng TV, kuamin ng anumang oras, matulog at magpahinga.

Source:
Bansa Ngayon
Pilipino Star Ngayon
Setyembre 1, 2009
Page 2

CHR to probe maid’s complaint vs Lucio Tan’s brod

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will conduct a thorough investigation on the alleged physical and mental abuse committed by Chinese billionaire Mariano Tanenglian against his housemaid of five years.

During the course of the investigation, the CHR said, it will also study whether it can recommend from the Justice Department and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for the issuance of a hold-departure order (HDO) against the suspect, according to Atty. Carmelita Rosete, head of CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Rosete said the CHR is looking into the possible violation of child abuse law and commission of child trafficking on the case of Mary Jane Sollano, who was rescued from Tanenglian’s residence by a joint team of CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Quezon City Police District recently.

“Sollano was a minor when she was recruited five years ago,” Rosete explained. At the time of her rescue, Sollano’s hands were badly scalded due to the hot water allegedly poured on her by Tanenglian.

Sollano filed criminal charges of maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery and frustrated homicide before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Tanenglian, his wife Aleta, as well as children Maximillian and Fayette.

In a three-page affidavit, Sollano detailed how she was allegedly “physically and mentally abused” by the Tanenglian family inside their residence in Bgy. Siena in Quezon City from July up to Aug. 10, 2004.

The maid claimed she and her fellow helpers were “not allowed to use the telephone or cellphone, laugh, sit on their (family’s) chairs, look outside the window, watch TV, eat at any time, sleep or rest before our tasks were completed, and read any reading material or even write.”

During her first month at the Tanenglian household, Sollano alleged she was already maltreated and abused by the Tanenglians. “I was not yet familiar with my job so Ate Aleta got mad and slapped me. Since then, they would instantly hurt me for every small mistake I make,” she said. “In my five-year stay in their house, I was not allowed to go out. They even threatened me that they would do something bad if I ask for help from outside.”

Sollano said she tried to escape by asking permission to go home to her province in Zamboanga del Sur, but her employers would not allow her. She was told that she had to finish her two-year contract.

When her contract ended in 2006, Aleta supposedly called a lawyer and told the housemaid to sign a new contract without reading its contents. She only learned later on that she signed the new contract for another two years service in the house.

Sollano added that she pleaded to her employer to let her go, but Aleta said she still had debts to pay.

“I could not do anything but to just follow (them),” she lamented.

She even recalled an instance where she was brought by Aleta and Fayette to a room where they tool nude photos of her.

“When they were not yet satisfied, they would hit me with steel or slippers and threaten me that they would show my nude photos to other people or bring me to a nightclub owned by Ate Aleta’s friend,” she alleged.

Sollano said Fayette once poured hot water on her hands after she was caught eating their food. In another incident, her hands and neck were supposedly chained.

Attached with the complaint were affidavits from police, Commission on Human Rights, Department of Social Welfare and Development as well as other persons present during the rescue of the housemaid.

Source:
People's Tonight
September 1, 2009
Page 6

Tsinoy iimbestigahan ng CHR

Magsasagawa ng hiwalay na imbestigasyon ang Commission on Human Rights laban sa pamilyang Tsinoy na sinampahan ng kaso ng katulong na umano’y inalipin at minaltrato ng mga ito.

Ito ang nabatid kahapon ng pahayagang ito mula sa pamilya ng biktimang si Mary Jane Sollano, 18, tubong Zamboanga del Sur at naninirahan sa panulukan ng Biak na Bato at Dapitan Sts., Brgy. Siena, Quezon City.

Gagawin umano ito ng CHR batay sa kahilingan ng pamilya Sollano na mapalakas ang sumbong ng biktima laban kina Mariano, Aleta, Maximillian at Fayette Tanenglian at iba pa.

Nabatid na nakasampa na sa Department of Justice ang kasong pang-aalipin, pangmamaltrato, serious illegal detention at frustrated homicide laban sa mga Tanenglian sa tulong ng pulisya.

Ipinaliwanag ng pamilya Sollano ng magiging bantay nila ang CHR laban sa posibleng paggamit ng Tanenglian ng kanilang impluwensiya sa mga kinauukulan na may hawak sa kaso ng biktima.

Matatandaang nagging katulong si Mary Jane ng mga Tanenglian ng kung ilang taon simula noong 13 anyos pa lang siya at nasagip lang ito kamakailan ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng pulisya, CHR at Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Napag-alaman na habang nagsisilbing kasambahay ang biktima, nakaranas siya ng mga pagmamalupit at pananakit hanggang halos mamatay siya, pagkakadena, paggutom, pagbabawal sa kanya na makipag-ugnayan sa pamilya, pagkulong at pambabastos gaya ng pagkuha ng litrato sa kanya habang nagtatrabaho ng nakahubo’t hubad.

Wala pa umanong nakatitiyak kung ano ang kahihinatnan ng naturang kaso sa DOJ subalit hangad ng pamilya Sollano na susulong sa hukuman ang kaso upang makamit nila ang katarungan.

Source:
Remate
Setyembre 1, 2009
Page 5

HDO vs nang-aabuso sa kasambahay pinag-aaralan

Magsasagawa ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ng masusing imbestigasyon ukol sa umano’y pisikal at mental na pang-aabuso ng Chinese billionaire sa kanyang kasambahay.

Kasabay ng imbestigasyon ay pag-aaralan ng CHR kung hihilingin sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na maglabas ito ng hold-departure order laban kay Mariano Tanenglian, ayon kay Atty. Carmelita Rosete, pinuno ng CHR Protection and Monitoring Division.

Ayon kay Rosete, sinisilip ng CHR ang anggulong paglabag sa karapatang pambata at child trafficking sa kaso ni Mary Jane Sollano, na nailigtas sa tahanan ni Tanenglian ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng CHR, Department of Social Welfare and Development at Quezon City Police District.

Nagsampa na si Sollano ng kasong kriminal na maltreatment, serious illegal detention, slavery at frustrated homicide sa Department of Justice (DOJ) laban kay Tanenglian, sa asawa at mga anak.

Kasama sa complaint ng bikitma ang affidavits mula sa kapulisan, Commission on Human Rights, Department of Social Welfare and Development at iba pang tao na naroon nang iligtas si Sollano.

Source:
Abante Tonite
September 1, 2009
Page 8